Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit इदम् (idam, here, to this place; now). Cognate to Sinhalese දැන් (dæn, now)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d̪en̪/, [d̪en̪]

Adverb edit

ދެން (den̊)

  1. now, forthwith, promptly, readily
  2. after that, next

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ދެން”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 54